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West Wildwood
New Jerseyborough
West Wildwood
Total population
588
Median home value
$400,800
Bachelor's+
Median income
$74,432
Founded
1920
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
West Wildwood is a borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 540, a decrease of 63 (−10.4%) from the 2010 census count of 603, which in turn reflected an increase of 155 (+34.6%) from the 448 counted in the 2000 census. The summer population grows to as much as 5,000.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.36 square miles (0.94 km2), including 0.29 square miles (0.74 km2) of land and 0.08 square miles (0.20 km2) of water (21.67%). Located on a small island connected to Wildwood by a two-lane bridge, the borough consists primarily vacation and year-round homes with a single night club, a miniature golf course and several marinas. Created using landfill to cover existing marshes in the 1920s, the borough is surrounded by bulkheads to protect it from flooding, though heavy winds and high tides can overtop the flood protection mechanisms.
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Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
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Forecast for West Wildwood, NJ from NOAA NWS API.
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Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Middle Township High SchoolHigh · CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE · 790 students · 12.2:1 ratio
- Lower Cape May Regional High SchoolHigh · CAPE MAY · 757 students · 11.1:1 ratio
- Middle Township Elementary #1Elementary · CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE · 657 students · 10.8:1 ratio
- Middle Township Elementary #4Middle · CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE · 594 students · 13.8:1 ratio
- Cape May County Technical High SchoolHigh · CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE · 553 students · 8.5:1 ratio
- Middle Township Elementary #2Elementary · CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE · 536 students · 11.4:1 ratio
- Carl T. Mitnick SchoolElementary · CAPE MAY · 463 students · 10.5:1 ratio
- Richard M. Teitelman Middle SchoolMiddle · CAPE MAY · 433 students · 11.7:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Nearby places in New Jersey
- Wildwood0.9 mi away
- Wildwood Crest2.1 mi away
- Rio Grande3.2 mi away
- Stone Harbor4.1 mi away · pop. 893
- Whitesboro4.2 mi away
- Cape May Court House5.4 mi away
- Cape May5.7 mi away · pop. 2,767
- North Cape May7 mi away · pop. 3,731
- West Cape May7.4 mi away
- Goshen10.3 mi away · pop. 340
- South Dennis11.8 mi away
- Sea Isle City12.2 mi away · pop. 2,000
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES